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6.3.2
Red Hat
Follow these instructions when installing the Intel
the in Red Hat
®
operating system.
Before installing the LAN driver:
Before installing the LAN driver, you must install the kernel development
application. To install the kernel development:
1.
Insert the Linux OS installation CD Disk 1 to the optical drive.
Double click Application > System setting > Add / Remove application.
2.
Select Kernel Development from the Development Tools.
3.
4.
Follow the later steps and add different CDs according to the instructions
displayed.
Building the driver from the TAR file:
1.
Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive and mount the
optional drive in the Linux platform.
2.
Copy the base driver tar file from the motherboard/system support CD to
the directory of your local hard disk. The name format of driver file is e1000-
<Version>.tar.gz.
For example: the file name of driver version 7.0.38 is e1000-7.0.38.tar.gz.
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The Intel
\Drivers\INTEL 82563EB\PRO1000\LINUX
3.
Untar or unzip the archive.
tar zxf e1000-x.x.x.tar.gz
4.
Change to the driver src directory.
cd e1000-x.x.x/src/
5.
Use the command "makeinstall" to compile the driver module.
makeinstall
6.
After reboot the system, please refer to Linux distribution documentation to
configure the network protocol and IP address.
ASUS DSEB-D16 Series
LAN driver for Linux OS is located in:
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LAN controller base driver for
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